Sacred Moments in Medicine: How Awe and Wonder Could Transform Patient Care
New research and an accompanying editorial argue that fleeting experiences of awe, transcendence, and deep connection in clinical care—termed sacred ...
Tag: internal medicine
Scurvy Returns: A Modern Diagnostic Puzzle After Weight-Loss Surgery
A new clinical vignette in the Journal of General Internal Medicine describes an atypical case of scurvy in a post-bariatric ...
Doctors Know Stigmatizing Words Harm Patients, Yet Most Cannot Spot Them in Charts
A multicenter survey of internal medicine clinicians finds that while nearly all recognize the importance of avoiding stigmatizing language in ...
AI Reviewers Show No Gender or Geographic Bias in Abstract Scoring, Study Finds
A controlled experiment with 800 evaluations found that ChatGPT and Claude scored scientific abstracts identically regardless of author gender or ...
Starvation Can Mimic Bone Cancer: Malnutrition-Driven Marrow Lesions Reverse with Recovery
A Japanese case report shows that severe malnutrition can produce tumor-like bone marrow lesions that fully reverse with nutritional recovery.
IV Opioids in the Hospital: A Controversial Lifeline for Patients in Fentanyl Withdrawal
A new viewpoint in the Journal of General Internal Medicine argues that intravenous opioids should be recognized as a legitimate, ...
Same Score, Different Skill? Rethinking Virtual Doctor Communication Exams
An item response theory analysis of internal medicine residents' OSCE communication ratings reveals that overall scores may be comparable across ...
From Code Status to Real Conversation: How Doctors Actually Learn to Talk About Goals of Care
A qualitative study of thirty-four clinicians at McGill University-affiliated hospitals shows that physicians' understanding of goals-of-care discussions evolves through four ...
Landmark Study Reveals What Really Drives Fellowship Success for Internal Medicine Residents
A nationwide analysis of nearly 40,000 internal medicine fellowship applicants finds that research output dominates selection outcomes while female, underrepresented, ...
Entropy May Not Be the Fix Medicine Needs for Clinical Uncertainty
A letter in the Journal of General Internal Medicine warns that entropy-based measures of diagnostic uncertainty risk an illusion of ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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